And you can also freeze when you should fight. With only 1 or 2 all-nighters to pull off before finishing my degree, I just froze and couldn't write a single word. I would stare at the screen not being able to type even one more character for those reports. Ended up submitting the incomplete versions knowing that they aren't good enough for a pass.
That's how I droppped out of university with only two days to go.
> I would stare at the screen not being able to type even one more character for those reports
Can confirm. My first job was as a Junior DevOps Engineer, turned out that all of my tasks were related to creating reports and maintaining the clusterfuck of a system which was creating these reports.
Didn't want to quit, because "it could get better", "hang in there" etc.
I was then asked to plan a project to create a new reporting system for the whole corp. My brain hates Excel sheets, but that's what I had to fill out for this project.
I knew that it was too late when I experienced the same thing you described: Freezing instead of fighting. Ended up in a minor burn-out and got fired.
Now I work as a Linux System Engineer in a company and team which actually values my skills and gives me interesting tasks.
That's how I droppped out of university with only two days to go.